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Reading West

9,449 people · median £270,000 · Reading

More affordable than most
Reading Council · Labour-controlled   29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

4377111145Aug 2025Jul 2026125
Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood
Per 1,000 / month13.2
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Violence and sexual offences
485
Anti-social behaviour
163
Other theft
121
Public order
110
Vehicle crime
94
Criminal damage and arson
68
Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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